National Weather Service forecasts are calling for up to 10 inches of snow in Colorado’s northern mountains between 5 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 29, according to a winter weather advisory.

The first snow of the season finally came down in Denver weather, but the metro area for the most part saw less than an inch. Meanwhile, some mountain areas got a good dose of up to nearly a foot of much-needed snow.

With only a few flakes recorded in Colorado Springs this season, meteorologists predict similar weather for Thanksgiving weekend. According to meteorologist Kyle Mozley with the National Weather Service in Pueblo,

It’s been a lackluster start to the winter season as Colorado’s snowpack hit its lowest level in three decades, but a warmer-than-usual Thanksgiving and subsequent weekend storm could bring some much-awaited snow to Colorado’s

The western slope could be waking up to more fog today! As the day pushes on, clear and sunny conditions are expected to take hold.

Other communities across Colorado’s Front Range have also gone weeks without significant precipitation. In Boulder, crews snuffed out a pair of small fires in the last week on Flagstaff Mountain and at an open space south of the city.

Warm temperatures will dip enough that the Colorado Springs area could see snow by Friday, leaving behind an “unseasonably warm” November, according to the National Weather Service in Pueblo. Last November,